New Zealand Renounces Tobacco Display Ban

Source from:  www.tobaccoreporter.com 02/26/2009

Feb 25, 2009-Tobacco retailers in New Zealand have welcomed an assurance from the Prime Minister, John Key, that there will be no changes to the law on the display of tobacco products, according to a Scoop Business report. Murray Gibson, a representative of the retail group, Stay Displays, said retailers had been deeply concerned for more than two years that they would have to spend thousands of dollars reconfiguring their shops if a ban on tobacco displays was implemented. "This is good news for all retailers around the country," he said. "Their minds can now be put at ease. There is one less worry in these difficult economic times." Stay Displays is a coalition of more than 200 retailers nationwide that opposed proposals from anti-tobacco groups, such as the Smokefree Coalition, which wanted to see displays of tobacco products removed from shops. Enditem